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IMSS to publish call for specialist doctors on Nov. 3
Mexico’s IMSS will publish a call to hire specialist doctors on Nov.
3.
The recruitment is part of 12 actions planned over 120 days by IMSS director Zoé Robledo.
The plan also includes giving permanent positions to 10,939 temporary workers, most of whom were hired during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Robledo met with staff and directors from 39 hospitals to hear about workplace needs and problems affecting patient services.
The measures aim to improve staff working conditions and the quality and timeliness of care for people covered by IMSS.
They involve an investment of 11.745 billion pesos.
The plan is due to conclude on Feb.
24, with IMSS saying it aims to turn staff feedback into solutions.
Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS) said it will publish a call to hire specialist doctors on November 3.
The hiring call is part of 12 actions planned over 120 days by IMSS director general Zoé Robledo.
The measures include making 10,939 temporary workers permanent, most of whom were hired during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IMSS said the plan involves an investment of 11.745 billion pesos and is due to conclude on February 24.
Robledo met with staff from 39 hospitals and other IMSS teams to hear about workplace needs and ways to improve health services.
- Who
- The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), led by director general Zoé Robledo.
- What
- IMSS will publish a call to hire specialist doctors as part of a 12-action plan.
- When
- The call is due to be published on November 3. The plan is due to conclude on February 24.
- Where
- The meeting with staff took place at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) facilities.
- Why
- The plan aims to address health workers’ and patients’ needs and improve working conditions and health services.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Zoé Robledo met with workers from medical and operational areas, including staff from 39 hospitals, at the CISS facilities.
IMSS is due to publish its call to hire specialist doctors.
The 12 actions over 120 days are due to conclude.
- Specialist doctor call
- November 3
- Temporary workers to be made permanent
- 10,939
- Hospitals represented at meeting
- 39
- Investment in 12 actions
- 11.745 billion pesos
- Plan duration
- 120 days
What people are saying
We listened to directors of 39 hospitals, Biomedical Engineering staff and workers who, during the Floor by Floor visits, told us what they needed to better care for patients.
Listening is the first step; what comes next is turning what they told us into solutions. And what they asked for is already arriving.